A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

It’s home to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and one ... the frequency and severity of thunderstorms in the tropics. Some trees, it seems, may be better equipped for a stormy future ...

Palm trees are native to tropical and subtropical regions. Besides serving as landscape trees in warm climates, palm trees make for interesting indoor trees. Different species of palm tree require ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree species are not only able ... the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy ...

Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing alarming declines, ...

Josh is in the Perth Hills, where it gets very hot and dry in summer, yet he’s found a lush-looking garden where tropical plants cast cool shade. From the house, a high deck overlooks the steep ...

Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and ...

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. The tonka bean tree ...

AccuWeather is predicting 7 million to 9 million acres to burn across the U.S. this year, which is more than the historical ...